Well, I was born a south land
Twenty some odd years ago
and I ran away for the first time
when I was only four years old
I'm a freeborn man
my home is on my back
Well, I know every inch of highway,
every foot of back road, and every mile of rail road track.

I got a woman in Cincinnati,
another lover in San Antone
and none of them tried to hold me there 'cause they know the road's my home
I'm a freeborn man
my home is on my back
Well, I know every inch of highway,
every foot of back road, and every mile of rail road track.

Well, I got me this ol' guitar
and carrying an ol' tote sack
Gotta honk it about 200 times,
but I always got it back
I'm a freeborn man
my home is on my back
Well, I know every inch of highway,
every foot of back road, and every mile of rail road track.

I was born in south land
twenty some odd years ago
and the first time that I ran away,
well, I was only four years old
I'm a freeborn man
my home is on my back
Well, I know every inch of highway,
every foot of back road, and every mile of rail road track.